The Americas

The company has announced its financial results for the third quarter of 2020.

It has been announced that for the second consecutive year, CEMEX has been named to the prestigious Texan by Nature 20 (TxN 20), an initiative led by the Texas-led conservation non-profit to recognise the best work in conservation from companies with operations in Texas.

The company has been recognised by Merco as one of the ten companies with the best corporate reputation in Colombia. Juan Esteban Calle, President of Cementos Argos, also ranked 19th among the 100 businessmen with the best reputation.

The companies are working together to reuse waste from the aluminium smelting process to make cement. This will reduce the need to extract other raw materials and create value from waste.

The company’s CEO, Tom Schuler, has shared the possibility of turning Solidia Concrete into a carbon sink for the planet during his TED Talk at TED and Future Stewards’ Global Countdown Launch.

The Portland Cement Association (PCA) has released its annual Fall Forecast which predicts a modest decrease in cement consumption during 2020 and 2021.

With reinforcement from government funding from the US and Germany, LafargeHolcim’s carbon capture portfolio now exceeds 20 projects across the US, Canada and Europe.

The company has been awarded a contract to supply the USA-based Colonial Group with a new high capacity ship unloader.

Three of CalPortland’s plants recently received 2020 NRMCA Environmental Excellence Awards, recognising outstanding contributions to protecting the environment and maintaining sound environmental management practices in their operations.

The company has announced that it has successfully closed the amendment process under its facilities agreement.

GlobalData has lowered its 2020 construction output forecast for Latin America to -11.4% from -6.8% previously, mostly due to the slower-than-expected rebound in construction activity in the second half of the year.

LafargeHolcim in the US announced the opening of a new solar field next to its Holcim Hagerstown Cement Plant in Maryland, which will provide clean, renewable energy for the facility’s operations.

The WHC has recently granted CEMEX the 2020 Corporate Conservation Leadership Award, honouring the company's overall achievement in biodiversity conservation efforts.

The Portland Cement Association (PCA), representing America’s Cement Manufacturers, has launched a new promotion initiative emphasising the sustainable benefits of portland-limestone cement (PLC).

The World Cement Association has announced its knowledge partnership with Decarb Connect, an organisation which supports the scale and acceleration of industrial carbonisation.